Num
deity sky Nenets single tradition · 2
Num was one of two demiurges or supreme gods among the Nenets people. A shaman sought his advice when the world threatened to collapse, and he instructed the shaman to travel to Nga's underworld domain. Num collaborated and competed with Nga in creating the world in a dualistic cosmology.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Nga's daughter, The Old Man of the Earth
- allied with
- Nga
- parent of
- Nga
Sources
Source passages
“To try to halt this cataclysm a shaman sought the advice of the other demiurge, Num.”
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“Among the Nenets people of Siberia, the male Num was the sky god, the good creator of earth and the high god of the Nenets. Num is one of two demiurges, or supreme gods.”
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